A vulnerability has been found in riscv-boom SonicBOOM up to 2.2.3 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component L1 Data Cache Handler. The manipulation leads to observable timing discrepancy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
The product behaves differently or sends different responses under different circumstances in a way that is observable to an unauthorized actor, which exposes security-relevant information about the state of the product, such as whether a particular operation was successful or not.
| Link | Tags |
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| https://vuldb.com/?id.319297 | vdb entry |
| https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.319297 | permissions required signature |
| https://vuldb.com/?submit.625550 | third party advisory |
| https://github.com/fizz-is-on-the-way/vuls_cpu/tree/master/MSHRush | related |